Gene Tierney stars as Poppy, a girl doomed by her love of life and laughter. The background and setting of this film successfully evokes a bygone east with its colonial traces. Walter Huston Ably plays a worldy Sir Guy Charteris with victor mature as Dr Omar, and a fine supporting cast. This is the Hollywood dream factory at its very best in this underrated masterpiece that takes the viewer in to the mysteries of the orient; with its character, its charms and dangerous vices.